Which of the following best states a difference between the inaugural addresses of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis?

Lincoln’s first inaugural address tried to preserve the Union without abolishing slavery where it already existed; he said he had no intention of interfering with slavery in the states where it existed. Davis, in his inaugural address as president of the Confederacy, defended secession and treated the Confederacy as a separate nation, not one preparing to return to the Union. Therefore, the best difference is that Lincoln offered reassurance about slavery while Davis stood by the Confederacy’s separation.

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